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2 HAMILTON SPECTATOR Saturday February 13 2016 Off ering you the Complete Turf Solution... www.spec.com.au Truck driver found alive From: PAGE 1 “I was just coming out of the house and I just found him there,” he said. “He wasn’t making a lot of sense. He was probably more in shock than anything, I would say. That would be my guess, not that I’ve really dealt with that.” He said the driver was mostly hanging his head and looking at the ground. “He had a bit of a burn on his arm from what I could see. That’s all I could notice,” Mr Walkenhorst said. • Instant Turf • Seeding • Seed & Fertiliser • Top dressing • Aeration • Construction Henderson St, Hamilton Email: sales@turfworx.com.au 1800 446 241 www.turfworx.com.au “He had a few layers (of clothing) on. He wouldn’t have been too (cold at night). “We don’t know what time he got to the shed or anything, whether he’s been there all night or whatever. “He said he’d thought he’d hurt someone.” Mr Walkenhorst said the man “sort of” indicated he had been in a vehicle accident. “He wasn’t making a real lot of sense. I think the shock had really set in,” he said. “He sort of said parts that I had to try and figure MR Walkenhorst shows the pile of wool clippings he believes the dazed truck driver rested on after sliding the shed door across and entering. Also in the photo are Leticia Walkenhorst with baby Lexie, and contractor Graeme Presser. Photo: JUDY DE MAN. out, (with) gaps in between. “We’re assuming that (he spent the night in the woolshed). We don’t know, we’re just assuming that. “We found some evidence to suggest that he’d been in there.” Mr Walkenhorst showed The Spectator a pile Services • All General Plumbing • Hot Water Service Installation • Blocked Drains (High Pressure Jet Jetter & CCTV Camera Inspections) • All Gasfi tting and Heating • Roof and Guttering • Solar Hot Water Installations of loose wool fleece pieces in the woolshed on which the man had clearly been lying. The man had also clearly covered himself with a sheet of some kind of material. The sheet had been taken away by police accident investigators who spent Thursday morning at the property speaking to the men. Mr Walkenhorst said he did not ask the man his name. Fast response 0419 711 555 Email: peter@petergrahamplumbing.com Lic No 21937 Homefl air Offi ce Furniture Australian Made & Imported Many confi gurations, many styles, many sizes, many colours “I initially thought he must have been in an accident near our place but I was trying to find out what he wanted me to do, too,” he said. “It took me a little while to figure that out. “I offered to take him into town, into the hospital. He agreed with that.” Mr Walkenhorst said the man talked a little to him on the trip into Hamilton. “He did ask whether I’d heard of a truck accident anywhere,” he said. “I told him there had been one and one person was killed and another one critically injured. “He broke down crying then.” Mr Walkenhorst then recounted what the man said to him about the accident but The Spectator cannot recount this for legal reasons. “I just dropped him off at Emergency and they took it from there,” he said. Mr Walkenhorst said the man bore no signs of thistles or weeds on his clothing to indicate he had walked through paddocks. But he was amazed that he had apparently walked so far, and along the way passing numbers of houses and sheds, taking several corners on a route which would have taken many hours for an injured man. “It’s not real direct. He’d have to have gone around corners and things to get here,” he said. “He’s probably walked close to 20km to get here.” Mr Walkenhorst agreed the situation was highly unusual. Rosters Meals on wheels Homefl air 65 Thompson St, Hamilton — Phone 5571 2244 MEALS on wheels roster for next week: Monday: Mulleraterong, HSDS, J and H Dorman, J Mason, J Gerdtz/ M Bartlett, E Lyon/ S Murphy. Tuesday: Mulleraterong x 2, STAYing Connected, B Smith, G and C Dent, M Douglas. Wednesday: Mulleraterong x 2, Good Shepherd PS, M Smyth and F Hutchins, J Storer/R Ross, R Keating. 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Lanyon Pty Ltd; 2, Southern Grampians; 3, Landmark; 4, J.M. Ellis & Co Pty Ltd; 5, Kerr & Co Livestock; 6, Elders Rural Services; 7, LMB Linke Livestock. Petr Hulin Upholsterer & French Polisher • Antiques fully restored • Lounge suites reupholstered • Furniture restored - all types • Rocking Horse restoration • Second generation upholsterer P: 5562 7806 M: 0411 697 052 196 Koroit St, Warrnambool Continuing a proud tradition of craftsmanship 160211jd027 “But I’m feeling more for the driver, personally.” Mrs Walkenhorst agreed. “I’m just happy he’s alive,” she said. Mr Presser and Mr Walkenhorst were amazed at how far the man had apparently walked, apparently without anyone noticing him. “The interesting thing is, he walked 16.5km as the crow flies by our GPS,” Mr Presser said. “I drove that road two or three times yesterday and the day before and I never saw anybody on the road. He might have gone across the paddocks.” Both Mr Presser and Mr Walkenhorst speculated that no one appeared to have noticed the man on the roads because it seemed likely from police and media reporting that the truck driver’s body had been incinerated in the crash and remained undetected in the debris. Victoria Police Commissioner Graeme Ashton indicated police were eager to understand what had happened. “We’re speaking to this person and we’re coming to the bottom of how he has come to be in this shed so many kilometres away from the accident scene,” he told ABC Radio’s Mornings program. “The cabin of that truck was destroyed by fire to the point where our disaster victim identification staff had to attend to try and work out what was going on,” he said. “Ultimately they didn’t find anyone in the cabin. They in fact went back for two and three inspections to determine whether there was or wasn’t someone in that, and then this chap has turned up miles and miles away in a shed. “So it’s a complete mystery at the minute but it’s a mystery that will unravel.” Commissioner Ashton said there were several possible scenarios. “I’d only be speculating on whether he was in shock and wandered off or whether he was alcohol-affected or any number of things,” he said. “It really is one of those mysteries at the minute.” The Glenelg Highway near the scene of the crash reopened about midday Wednesday with a reduced speed limit while the last of the wreckages were removed. SAB1841142N H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H SDD2525416N SEB1105216 SDF0639916N SDE1934816N SEB1306016 016 24/7 emergency service